New Zealand’s Dane Menzies falls as he competes in the snowboard men’s slopestyle final run 2 during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Livigno Snow Park, in Livigno (Valtellina), on February 18, 2026.
Photo: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP
Dane Menzies has missed out on a medal in the Snowboard Slopestyle final at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy.
The 20-year-old from Wanaka New Zealander was 12th in the line-up, having placed first in the qualifier, and got off to a strong start.
Run one earned him a solid score of 76.10, his best in the event, but run two saw him drop to fifth place with a score of 21.03.
Menzies was unable to up his score with a clean run on his last attempt, scoring 34.61, leading to a seventh place finish.
He only needed another three points to crack the top three.
The women’s Snowboard Slopestyle final, where Zoi Sadowski-Synnott is bidding for another medal, began at Thursday 2.30am NZT.
New Zealand has secured two medals in this year’s games.
Luca Harrington brought home bronze at the men’s Freestyle Skiing Slopestyle event last week, while Zoi Sadowski-Synnott claimed New Zealand’s first medal of the games, taking silver in the Big Air event.
It was a record third medal in the event for Sadowski-Synott, who took silver in Beijing in 2022 and bronze in Pyeongchang in 2018.
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